Santander Wealth Management & Insurance (WM&I) has appointed Laura Blanco to lead its ESG unit.

The unit was created in 2021 to support the bank’s plans to combat climate change and promote good corporate governance.

Blanco has over 20 years of professional experience in knowledge and outreach for impact investment at Spain’s National Advisory Board since its creation in 2019.

She began her career as an equities analyst at UBS before moving to Credit Suisse in 2003.

She also worked at Lusight Research, Haitong Securities, Baring Asset Management and Nakatomi Capital.

Blanco has also hired Ana Rivero as sustainable investment director to help strengthen the team.

Rivero began career at Banif, before moving to Santander Investment Bolsa Sociedad De Valores and then to Santander Asset Management (SAM), where she held several senior roles, including head of product and market intelligence and head of ESG.

Augusto Caro joins Santander Asset Management as global head of ESG from Grupo Caixabank. He held a number of senior roles in the Investment team at Bankia AM (pensions, equities and balanced funds), where he also chaired its sustainability committee.

“We are firmly committed to supporting the ecological transition and helping build a more sustainable world,” said Víctor Matarranz, head of WM&I, the bank's asset management, private banking and insurance division. “These appointments will help strengthen our leadership in ESG in Europe and Latin America”.

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